Looking at the front-page of the Beacon last week, I was left to wonder if this publication considers itself primarily a newspaper, or a pamphlet campaigning for higher speed limits. If its mission is to campaign, then I congratulate its voracity of determination in keeping the issue of the 20mph speed limit at the forefront of local discourse; if its mission is to inform on local issues (with reasonable weighting) as a newspaper should, then I must seriously question its editorial decisions.

Even before the election, Monmouthshire had been noted as a "seat to watch" in national news, and, as we now know, it did turn out to be a historic result.Not only was this a constituency where a Cabinet minister was unseated, it was also the first time a sitting Welsh Secretary was unseated in the history of the role. Catherine Fookes became the first woman to represent Monmouth in Westminster, defeating Mr.Davies (who had represented the constituency longer than any other MP in the constituency's history) to make Monmouth a Labour constituency after nearly 20 years.  But this news was relegated to page 6. If you happened to glance at the Beacon, you would be forgiven for forgetting there had even been a general Election  Clearly, the fact that every person in Monmouth is now represented by a different person and a different party in Parliament is not worthy of a headline in the Beacon; the fact that people will have to drive 10mph slower on some roads, however, apparently is.